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In guinea pigs, white coat (w) is recessive to black coat (W) and wavy hair (v) is recessive to straight hair (V). A breeder crosses a guinea pig that is homozygous for white coat and wavy hair with a guinea pig that is black with straight hair. The F1 are then crossed with guinea pigs having white coats and wavy hair in a series of testcrosses. The following progeny are produced from these testcrosses:
black, straight 30
black, wavy 10
white, straight 12
white, wavy 32
Total 83
a. Are these genes that determine coat color and hair type assorting independently, and Why or why not? b. What is the recombination frequency between them?